1.   And the city thrived as a major transportation hub into the next century.

2.   After all, this city thrives on faux re-creation.

3.   All the SQUID stuff, of course, stands in for our cultural addiction to the filmed entertainment this city thrives on.

4.   No normal city can thrive without taking land for roads, schools, public housing.

5.   Now the city thrives, but the shipyard is on the verge of bankruptcy and stands, dispirited, as an emblem of decline.

6.   Now the city thrives, but the shipyard is in decline.

7.   The city thrived on cotton and the railroad.

8.   The city thrives on its image as the cosmopolitan epicenter of Latin America.

9.   The city thrives on tourism, and many immigrants find work in the hospitality and service industries that serve tourists.

10.   The Canadian city is thriving.